well, god did lie several times as recorded in the bible...
J. Hofer
JoinedPosts by J. Hofer
-
62
"Every Knee" ??
by Perry inisaiah 45:23 i have sworn by myself ... that unto me every knee shall bow.
philippians 2:10 that at the name of jesus every knee should bow.
in all my days of regular pioneering, i never made this connection.
-
-
-
62
"Every Knee" ??
by Perry inisaiah 45:23 i have sworn by myself ... that unto me every knee shall bow.
philippians 2:10 that at the name of jesus every knee should bow.
in all my days of regular pioneering, i never made this connection.
-
-
J. Hofer
can god make a burrito so hot that he can't eat it?
can god create a stone so heavy he can't lift it?
-
127
Why I Shouldn't Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
by XJW4EVR inwhen i was a jw, the key issue that caused me to doubt the wt was the trinity.
the wtb&ts's blatent misquotations and misrepresentations of religious scholarship to fit their anti-trinitarian presuppositions are horrid and inexcusable.
that issue, however, was not the issue that caused me to become a christian.
-
-
J. Hofer
you shouldn't believe in the resurrection of jesus if the evidence does not add up to you or if it is insufficient. extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. a resurrection is extraordinary.
i don't know of any extraordinary evidence regarding any resurrection. to me even the so called evidence that jesus ever existed is not sufficient (there is not a single contemporary hint he existed).
-
62
"Every Knee" ??
by Perry inisaiah 45:23 i have sworn by myself ... that unto me every knee shall bow.
philippians 2:10 that at the name of jesus every knee should bow.
in all my days of regular pioneering, i never made this connection.
-
-
J. Hofer
what about the really hot burrito?
-
2
Wikipedia sources
by J. Hofer ina few days ago i started editing a few articles on jehovah's witnesses in the german wikipedia, mostly to clarify some things about the disfellowshipping practise.
while my - carefully worded - changes were accepted so far i noticed the following problem:.
wikipedia needs secondary sources, preferrably scientific ones.
-
-
J. Hofer
hm yeah, what i did now was reading some of the sources and correct the info the article presented. JWs are famous of misquoting stuff out of context. so for now i have to stick with the current cited sources for a while and extract their real message. a new scientific source made by "insiders" (us) would be really cool though...
-
2
Wikipedia sources
by J. Hofer ina few days ago i started editing a few articles on jehovah's witnesses in the german wikipedia, mostly to clarify some things about the disfellowshipping practise.
while my - carefully worded - changes were accepted so far i noticed the following problem:.
wikipedia needs secondary sources, preferrably scientific ones.
-
-
J. Hofer
a few days ago i started editing a few articles on jehovah's witnesses in the german wikipedia, mostly to clarify some things about the disfellowshipping practise. while my - carefully worded - changes were accepted so far i noticed the following problem:
wikipedia needs secondary sources, preferrably scientific ones. topics about disfellowshipping are often discussed in internal papers like "our kingdom ministry". many secondary sources have to be discarded because often they are NPOV and not scientific.
now i was thinking about how to compile a scientific secondary source about internal rules of jehovah's witnesses. like statistics by asking many (ex)jws certain questions. and quotes of internal documents. because as it is now you can only point to sources that will be labeled "questionable" and NPOV at best when trying to add a KM quote for example.
does anyone have the authority/means/a clue or whatever is needed to create such a source? i don't have a degree so i guess i'm out...
-
61
Is There ANY Religion That You Would Feel Comfortable Being A Member Of?
by minimus ini know that most of us here despise the witness religion.
are you soured on all all religions?.
-
-
J. Hofer
dudeism and the atheist form of buddhism.
-
102
How do you make a living?
by paulnotsaul insince most of us believed it was right around the corner, how many of you went to any secondary schools or training?
what do you do now to survive?
are you working or unemployed?
-
-
J. Hofer
entrepreneur (computers, software engineering, that type of stuff)
-
38
How do i overcome this guilt and fear?
by newcomer1982 inive recently decided not to be a witness anymore and at the age of 28 was still so afraid to tell my parents.
the truth is their life and knew i would hurt them.
ive had such a battle with the elders and because my dad is an elder its even worse.
-
-
J. Hofer
welcome.
you have to actively deconstruct your faith. they actively forced that faith into you, you now have to actively deconstruct it.
you can do that by staying on this site, by reading anything from the bible to the god delusion and by investigating other beliefs or non-beliefs and how they compare to the JW religion.
i recommend these links for starters:
-
48
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over."
by Mr. Falcon in(numbers 5:23-28) 23 and the priest must write these cursings in the book and must wipe them out into the bitter water.
24 and he must make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse must enter into her as something bitter.
25 and the priest must take the grain offering of jealousy from the womans hand and wave the grain offering to and fro before jehovah, and he must bring it near the altar.
-
-
J. Hofer
finally some acknowledgement for my hard work